Thermomechanical Postbuckling Response and First-Ply Failure Analysis of Doubly Curved Panels

AIAA Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2486-2491

  Singha, Maloy K ^a,b,c   Ramachandra, L S ^a,b   Bandyopadhyay, J N ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Department of Civil Engineering ^*  (India)

^c GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MULTILAYERS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

NONLINEAR EQUILIBRIUM; PARABOLOIDS; THERMOMECHANICAL POSTBUCKLING RESPONSE;

STRUCTURAL PANELS;

EID: 0942267112     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.6849     Document Type: Article

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